July 13, 2008

What's with the names? They gave a new idea for a girl's name: Camille Leon. But no, the boy got the Leon middle, and the girl got Marcheline. Marcheline is Angelina Jolie's mother's name, a fancification of her original name Marcia Lynne. Pitt's parents names were Jane Etta and William Alvin so there's no parental content in Knox Leon. It seems as though Jolie has some notion that boys' names ought to have the letter X in them — as her 2 other boys are Maddox and Pax. Just think of all the names they must have rejected before they hit Knox. Rex... it's a dog's name. Lex... no, Lex Luthor. Max... way too common. Tax... come on, give it a chance: It goes with Brad! Think about it!

By the way, I love Brad Pitt. "Focus! Focus! Focus! Remember the plan! I did my part!"

Henry Knox was Washington's Secretary of War. A self-taught man, Knox was at the Boston Massacre, was instrumental in making the Delaware River crossing happen, and wanted to deal with the Indian tribes as foreign nations.

Ruth Anne, there are necessary Cesarians and then there are celebrity Cesarians. That's not to say that Jolie, merely because she is a celebrity, necessarily had the latter kind. it may well have been necessary, especially with twins and some of the difficulties she's rumored to have had.